Houston, Texas heavy/thrash act formed in 2014, operating in a city with one of the most productive metal undergrounds in the American South and drawing on both traditional heavy metal's melodic sensibility and thrash's rhythmic force.

Dallas, Texas's Threshold work in the melodic heavy metal idiom, combining soaring guitar work and anthemic song structures with the Lone Star State's taste for hard-hitting, arena-ready metal.

Brutal Death Metal from Corpus Christi.

Austin, Texas's Throat Piss emerged in 2023 with a deliberately confrontational name and a sound to match — experimental sludge metal colliding with hardcore punk in unpredictable, abrasive bursts drawn from the city's noise-tolerant DIY scene.

Relentless Grindcore out of Texas.

Savage Gothic / Groove / Death Metal out of Texas.

Devastating Deathcore from San Antonio.

Laredo, Texas border city black metal act Throne ov Blood have been operating since 2007, embodying the raw and sinister aesthetic that the 'ov' in their name signals — deliberately lo-fi, occult-tinged, and indifferent to polish. Their longevity in one of Texas's most isolated music scenes speaks to a genuine dedication to the black metal underground.

Dallas progressive metal outfit Through the Siren has been crafting intricate, dynamics-driven music since 2017, drawing on technical songwriting and textured arrangements that set them apart from the straightforward heaviness of the local scene.